Why is my sister so bratty?

Question:

She is almost like having mood swings in my opinoin. She is 12 nearly 13 and she get angry extremely easy and it's almost getting out of hand. She get upset over the littlest things. Such as, earlier today my mom, my sister, and I went bra shopping and she insisted on getting these extremely colorful (like turqouise, hot pink, purple, etc.) bras and my mom said flat out no. My sister was throwing her filthy looks the whole rest of the time and practically was about to scream at her. But still she get angry so easliy it's ridiculous. If my mom says no to her she's furious. If I practically even look at her she's outraged. And when she get's angry she gets violent. Normally she'll dig into my skin with my nails. Or if she has one of the dogs in her hands she'll try to hurt it even if the animal didn't do anything. Or she'll try to scare the horses into hurting me and frighten me in she's angry at me. See, I don't think I've ever seen someone get so angry. She will scream too.

Answers:
Time for a mental health professional! Beg your mom, the hurting animals thing is the most disturbing, it's a classic sign of psychosis.

Pa says a good lickn' to yer a rse fix em up real gud.

It sounds like hormones to me because she's out of control. Hormones will do that to us, much the same as post partum depression and the way hormones control us there.

she probably feels insecure. you should tell her how much you love her, or perhaps lie if you have to.

probably

The first part of that is normal. But hurting animals? Not normal for a 12 or 13 year-old girl. Make sure your parents know what she's doing to them. Otherwise, sit back and let it go- a girl who just got her period will be horrible to live with for a while, perhaps a few years.

No, this does not sound like run-of-the-mill adolescent hormonal behavior. She should be checked out by a pathologist or psychologist, or both.

it could very well be puberty. the influx of hormones can wreak total havoc on some of us. maybe your mom might want to talk to your sisters doctor and get some words of wisdom. good luck.

She is on her rags.

Your mom or dad needs to whoop her behind and start taking things away from her when she acts up like that. Who are the parents here?

But hurting animals is going too far. She needs help. If I ever saw someone hurting an animal they'd be in jail in 3 minutes!

The next time she tries to dig her nails into you, beat the pulp outta her. Why do you let her get away with that?

The reason she keeps doing this stuff is because someone is allowing it.

next time tell your mom to take you . and not her. take her some other time.

it's a possible mix of hormones AND maybe the fact that she was spoiled as a young child or baby. im not saying it's ur parents' fault but it is possible that what she was getting as a child will affect her now.

Why is my sister so bratty?

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